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E.F.
answers from Provo
on
November 10, 2010

Get Lemi-shine, it comes in a little bottle and it a powder formula, you just at a little in the bottom of every wash. It is amazing and works awesome to get the film from hard water off.
This is what it looks like,
http://www.amazon.com/Lemi-Shine-Dishwater-Detergent-Conc...And I can get mine at Walmart
Vinegar works too, but I think this is a little easier.
Good luck!
E.

You can run the empty dishwater with a cup or two of white vinegar. I used to get that when I used liquid or gel detergent. Our appliance guy said ALWAYS powder or powder packs. It stopped happening.
If you use liquid or gel--use less!

Get Lemi-shine, it comes in a little bottle and it a powder formula, you just at a little in the bottom of every wash. It is amazing and works awesome to get the film from hard water off.
This is what it looks like,
http://www.amazon.com/Lemi-Shine-Dishwater-Detergent-Conc...And I can get mine at Walmart
Vinegar works too, but I think this is a little easier.
Good luck!
E.

It depends on what is causing the film. Vinegar will get hard water deposits off, and it will clean your dishwasher, too. A dishwasher repairman told me to fill a glass with white vinegar (I buy it by the gallon at Walmart--it's pretty cheap) and put it right-side up in the middle of your lower rack. He said to run your dishwasher empty to clean the dishwasher, but we'd had crud building up on our dishes, so we ran it again with vinegar and those dishes (the ones with build up). I couldn't believe how much better they looked! I do that every few weeks just to keep it up. It cleans out some of the hard-water deposits in the dishwasher, meaning that it sprays better and cleans better.

But dishwashers etch glass over time. Hold your glasses up to sunlight. If there's sort of a rainbow when you're looking at the "film" then it's not really film. It's etching. And there's nothing you can do about it. Your choices are to live with it, buy new glasses every few years, or wash your glasses by hand. I live with it until I can buy new glasses.

There is a product called Glass Magic (I think it's a cascade product) that we use. We have a roll away washer and it's the only thing that keeps the film away. I clean my dishwasher with Vinegar every month, too.

CITRIC ACID!
A pharmacist let me in on that secret and it works really well. Fill the soap area with it and run your dishwasher empty. It gets rid of hard water deposits & clears out all the sprayer holes so your dishes will get rinsed much better. But it at any pharmacy or much cheaper in a 1 lb tub at Orson Gygi for $5.99.

Our news reported on this very frustration that a lot of people are having and they said it was due to the diswashing soap companies'. They are trying to be enviromentally green, so they no longer us Phosphates which is the chemical that got rid of that film off of drinking glasses and all other dishes, especially people who have hard water. They did say like many of the others have said, to use half a cup of vinegar and it will help, or use jet dry. If you look on the dishwashing soaps box at the very bottom on the back of the package it says Phosphate free to be enviornmentally friendly. Good luck, we have the exact same problem.

Hi DM,
You could try Lime Away...maybe soak them in it and then wash thoroughly.
Also, I have been told to use less detergent in the dishwasher...esp. if you have soft water. The detergent can also be the culprit.
Hope this helps.
K.

Great question! I have been struggling with this for awhile. We have hard water where I live. Jet dry helps but does not get it all. A few months ago I gave up and stopped putting my glassware in the dishwasher. Initially I used white vinegar to remove the film from all of my glassware and I have been doing them by hand ever since. I'll have to try some of the ideas here.